I would like to thank everyone for his or her comments and support on the last two post. Great news is I have seen some of the schools with half-day lessons now change their ads on web sites to at least two lessons needed. I think this is very good for the sport and the safety of all. This months Kiteboard magazine claims kiting CAN NOT be learned in a single session most students are requesting 3 to 6 lessons. If you know of any schools still claiming you can learn it in half a day please post them on this thread. We will put pressure on them. Again thanks and great work!!!

here's the question though. Will you have more people going at it without a lesson, when they see a price tag of $400 for a lesson then $200? There are more people getting into it now that are college students, most older people look at it and say wow I think I'm to old for this. I would still prefer people to have some training then none!

I do support the 2 day lessons, but believe people also need more reference material after they leave the lesson as well, like a laminated line setup card, and other quick reference stuff. It's better to have someone look at something to remember, then just try it and see if it's right. I know I couldn't remember everything from a 2 day lesson.

Fo this is one of the biggest pimps i have ever seen. Who could ever say they can teach all this in two hours. We need to hammer this school!!! Look at this Ad it really sucks!!

Kiteboarding Level One - Sans Souci (NSW)

Description

This is where you build on the skills learnt in the Intro to become fully independent. At the end of Level One, you should be proficient to go out and fly a kiteboarding kite on your own, including rigging, launching, re-launching, body-dragging and self rescue, and have a great time along the way.

Located right on Botany Bay, Sans Souci is one of Sydney's premier kiteboarding locations. Rich, Dave and Tim make up the Kitepower Instruction Team and are highly qualified kiteboarding instructors with Level 2 IKO accreditation. Everyone in the team has been kiteboarding for more than 3 years and love what they do.

When you order a lesson online, we send you a gift voucher, lesson pack, with information for you to read up on before you come along to the lesson. If you are purchasing the voucher for someone else please remember to add their name and phone to the fields below. We won't call the person before the date of the gift!

Kiteboarding Level One - 2 hours, $140 pp
Requirements: Previous experience or 'Intro to Kiteboarding' Essential
Includes: - Review of Intro - Setup, launching and control of the kite.
- Learn how to launch, land and recover a kite independently.
- 'Body Drag' with and without a harness.
- Water relaunching
- Self rescue and self pack-up
Once you complete the above requirements, then you'll get a chance to try a board!
Location: Dolls Point, Sans Souci (The Grand Pde)

Note: To become proficient at an IKO 'Kiteboarder Level One' standard - you might require more than one lesson. It takes time to master all the aspects of the course. Any kite experience helps, so get practicing with those trainer kites.

At the end of level 1, you should be proficient to go out and fly a kiteboarding kite on your own - but it doesn't make you a kiteboarder. We get you most of the way - the rest is practice, and time on the kite. If you need further lessons, then we are still available to help $70/hour (your gear or ours).

Please read our 'Terms and Conditions' before purchasing this product:
Ã¢â‚¬Â¢ Vouchers are valid for 12 months - contact us prior to this date if you wish to extend this.
Ã¢â‚¬Â¢ Kiteboarding is extremely weather dependant. Your lesson may need to be postponed if Kitepower feels that conditions are unsafe or unsuitable. However, we cannot refund vouchers for weather conditions OF ANY SORT.
Ã¢â‚¬Â¢ Don't purchase a voucher unless you are willing to travel to any of the location above.
Ã¢â‚¬Â¢ Remember that you won't be getting up on a kiteboard in one session - it takes several sessions and attempts to develop the necessary skills with the kite. Kiteboarding is 70% kite, 10% board - The rest is confidence, coolness, courage.